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I turn the someofabitch on and all these fans start buzzing. My Mac pro is sitting there silent except for when it's really doing some cooking. Plus it has dual procs.

The case already has a big, must be 6 inch diameter fan on the top, so I'm thinking that should be more than enough to cool things off and I could go ahead and unplug the smaller rear facing fan. Is that a dumb idea to cut down on noise? Why can't the computer figure out when it needs to spin up the fans? The only time I tax the processor is when doing CAD renderings.

Just go onto Craigslist and buy one of those tiny college-dorm-room-type refrigerators cheap. Shove the whole box inside, and drill a couple of holes in the side for the cords. A big enough one will some room left over for your beverage of choice. A fridge is quiet enough for ya isn't it

Something Old, Something New, Something..." has your PC (case fans?)always been way to loud or did it get louder over time ?

indigo_wolf :

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"Case noise" is rather nebulous, you should be able to locate the source of pretty much any noise in your PC and decide if you can reduce or eliminate it in a cost-viable manner.

ATB,Sam

If your computer used to be quiet you will need to replace the fan that's making the noise,if it never was quiet,you will need to find a replacement fan (if possible) that better meets your needs.

As far as disconnecting a case fan...you know that you want to move heat out of your computer case. Did you try unhooking the smaller case fan ? Did unhooking the fan solve the noise problem?It goes without saying that you don't want your computer to overheat so whatever you do keep that in mind.

I have an Antec P180 that I built up a few years ago. It's a nice case but BIG! Each fan has a switch you can flip to turn it off. (I also have a Noctua cooling CPU cooler. I think my heat runs about 37 C so it runs pretty cool.) I see from Antec that your case also has a separate compartment for the PSU which helps with heat too. My system is pretty quiet so it might be that your bearings are bad. Antec promotes their fans as being very quiet and I've been happy with mine.

I'm a real jackass. I found a little switch box on the back of the computer and both fan switches were set on high. Real cheapo little switches that don't even look like anything. I'm not surprised I didn't notice them before. Crap design.

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